What Manufacturers Need To Know About Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) and How To Prepare

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A new set of chemical compliance regulations has been implemented by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The impacts will be felt across the industrial sector. If your company deals with any chemicals that may be of interest to terrorists, you could be affected.

The new regulations are called Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS), and they affect not just chemical companies, but ANY facility handling certain amounts of more than 300 substances that may be of interest to terrorists. The impacts will be felt across industries such as:

• Petroleum refineries	• Electronics	• Pharmaceuticals
• Aerospace	• Automotive	• Energy and utilities
• Plastics	• Mining	• Food and agriculture
• Petrochemicals	• Paint and coatings

Facilities falling under the program will have 120 days after DHS notification to develop a site security plan, which will be subject to approval by the Department of Homeland Security. Non-compliance will result in significant liabilities and up to $25,000 in fines per day, or even cessation of operations.

Manufacturing companies will face two primary challenges:

• Management of the near term compliance challenges encountered in addressing CFATS requirements in the coming months, and

• Establishment and maintenance of the appropriate facility security programs, focused on maximizing efficiencies and leveraging economies of scale throughout the regulatory lifecycle

View this IndustryWeek-hosted on-demand event featuring presenters from PricewaterhouseCoopers, AcuTech Consulting Group, Dutko Global Risk Management, and Hunton & Williams LLP. Topics of discussion include:

• What is CFATS

• Issues facing your company

• How CFATS will impact industrial companies -- and what you should be doing NOW and in the future to prepare

Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about CFATS and what it means for your company.

Speakers

Adrienne Selko
eMedia Editor
IndustryWeek

Adrienne Selko manages the editorial content of IndustryWeek's award-winning Web site. Before joining the staff in 2004, Selko was managing editor of corporate publications at a large regional financial institution. She was also an editor for the U.S. based publication of a medical manufacturing company. Prior to that she ran a public relations and marketing company that published a best-selling healthcare book. Selko received a bachelor's of business administration from the University of Michigan.

Von B. Gusa
Director, Risk and Compliance
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Von B. Gusa is the director of risk and compliance at PricewaterhouseCoopers and has over 24 years of experience in chemical process and petroleum refinery operations. This experience is related to physical security, operational risk and includes most areas of environmental, health and safety. Gusa's experience ranges over a broad industry base from specialty chemical manufacturers and petroleum refining to transportation and end use operations. Gusa is versed in developing risk and audit elements of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) for the facility or organization to use or to provide an independent assessment.

Gusa received his bachelor's in chemical engineering from Michigan Technological University and then was trained in EOD while attaining his status as a Captain in the United States Army. He was assigned to the United States Technical Escort Service with a specialty in chemical weapons systems. After a distinguished career Captain Gusa joined the private sector applying his knowledge and experience to the public and private sector. He has since worked closely on initiatives supporting industrial risk programs that impact a wide array of industries.

Evan D. Wolff
Director, Homeland Security Practice, Environmental
Hunton and Williams LLP

Evan D. Wolff, Esq. is the Director of the Homeland Security Practice at the law firm of Hunton and Williams LLP. Wolff's practice includes advising chemical, energy and manufacturing companies on compliance with the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards and advising critical infrastructure companies on liability and regulations associated with terrorism and natural disasters, including the SAFETY Act.

Previous to joining Hunton and Williams LLP, Wolff served as the Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security in the Office of Infrastructure Protection and Principal Homeland Security Policy Analyst for the MITRE Corporation. In this role, Wolff was involved in the development of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan and the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards, along with other policies in the area of critical infrastructure protection.

Wolff is a member of the American Bar Association Homeland Security Committee, DoD's Defense Science Board Member, U.S. Chamber of Commerce's National Security Task Force, Homeland Security and Defense Business Council's Board of Advisors, and Sandia National Lab's Homeland Security Advisory Board. Wolff received his Juris Doctorate and bachelor's of science from the University of Maryland and a master's of Science in Geology from Northern Arizona University.

David Moore
President and CEO
AcuTech Consulting Group

David Moore is the President and CEO of the AcuTech Consulting Group, a security, process safety and emergency management consulting firm based in Alexandria, Virginia. Moore is a leading authority on petroleum and chemical security, safety management, risk assessment and inherent safety. Moore was the lead author of the AIChE CCPS® "Guidelines for Managing and Analyzing the Security Vulnerabilities of Fixed Chemical Sites," the security guidelines for the American Petroleum Institute (API), and the API/National Petrochemical and Refiners Association Security Vulnerability Assessment Methodology.

Moore has served in various capacities to advise the DHS on chemical security management and vulnerability assessment, including the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS).

Moore is a leading authority on inherent safety for chemical processes. He testified in a 2006 U.S. Senate committee hearing on the role of inherent safety in chemical security. He was a lead author and the project manager for the 2008 update of the classic Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) Concept Book, Inherently Safer Chemical Processes, A Lifecycle Approach, which is the leading guideline on inherent safety referenced by all U.S. regulations on the topic. He has presented numerous papers on inherent safety topics over the past ten years.

Robert Stephan
Managing Director
Dutko Global Risk Management

Bob Stephan leads Dutko Worldwide's strategic business management consulting practice - Dutko Global Risk Management -- providing unparalleled and event-tested knowledge, experience and leadership in all-hazards risk assessment, management and mitigation; Federal security regulation development, implementation, and program compliance assistance and counsel; enterprise-level strategic and operational security planning; continuity of government (COG) and private sector continuity of operations (COOP) and business resiliency planning; risk-based performance measurement; public-private sector information sharing and enterprise architecture development; and Federal headquarters and corporate-level incident management, training and exercises. Stephan specializes in building public private sector partnerships to accurately assess and manage risk across all levels of government and industry, to include Federal, State & local and international governments, as well as Fortune 1000 corporations.

Stephan is a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) "Plankholder" and former Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, DHS; former Special Assistant to the Secretary of Homeland Security; and first Senior Director for Critical Infrastructure Protection, Executive Office of the President. His duties and responsibilities have included the integration of Federal headquarters-level strategic and contingency planning and incident management operations.

Jack L. Johnson, Jr.
Partner, Washington Federal Practice
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Jack Johnson is a Partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers' Washington Federal Practice and specializes in the areas of law enforcement, security, and operational resilience. He has 28 years of service in the law enforcement, security, and intelligence communities. Johnson served over two years in DHS, first as a "detailee" to the fledgling department and later was appointed as DHS' first Chief Security Officer. His demonstrated expertise in security management, problem solving, team building, change management and organizational restructuring helped him establish a solid track record of performance and high regard as a senior executive. Johnson served more than 20 years in the United States Secret Service in the areas of criminal investigations, forensics, intelligence and protection. PwC's team will be led by Johnson experience with successful HSPD-12 program management offices and deployments. Johnson is PwC's quality leader and will oversee the project manager and project team to provide quality processes and deliverables and to install in the HHS a high level of confidence in PwC's delivery.

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